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Louise Laverty

Louise Laverty is a doctoral student in Jewish Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. Their research focuses the role of women in twentieth-century Canadian Jewish literature.

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Taube Kaplan

Taube Kaplan (the Greene Rebitzin) was the principal fundraiser and founder of the Hebrew Maternity Ward, founded in 1916 in the Plateau-Mont Royal neighborhood of Montréal, Quebec. Her efforts contributed to a reduction in maternal and infant mortality in Montreal’s Jewish community. Kaplan also raised funds for the establishment of the Jewish General Hospital, which opened its doors in 1934.